Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone had a great day! We just have so many things to thank GOD for!!!

We had a great day. It was a two and half hour drive to get to our Thanksgiving celebration. David, the kids and I had a very nice time visiting on our drive there and home. Our kids are turning into nice adults. I enjoy them so much. I am blessed - Thank you GOD!

Becca - mostly Becca, and I made six pies. Two caramel pecan, one pumpkin, one peach, one chocolate french silk and one strawberry cheescake. They turned out great, if I do say so myself.

My buttery pie crust recipe is on my 'A Farmgirl Foodie' blog. Check it out.

Small Works Silent Acution

This is the postcard I created for our Annual Small Works Silent Auction. The auction ends tomorrow evening with a reception (The Final Bell) so the public can meet the artists and have a chance to get a final bid on the artwork.

Note: The reception turned out nice and the auction went well. I sold all three pieces of work - yea!

Kidnapped!

She's sooooo cute!!!

Oh yea, sorry, Beautiful, like Esther!

My Aunt Esther kidnapped me last Friday.

Now I'm not usually a spur-of-the-moment kind of a person, but we sure did have fun! I love how silly and fun my aunt is. We went to a craft fair in Odin, Minnesota. It was a pretty impressive show for a tiny town in the middle of nowhere.  She then taught me how to play train dominos and I beat her 10 out of 13 games - hmmm, I wonder if she'll ever play that with me again!!!!! I am so glad to have her living close enough that we can get together often. Looking forward to getting together the beginning of December
and also spending Christmas together. Last Christmas we had so much fun!

Luv U Aunt Esther!

One Day Frost the Next Snow

 

Our First Frost of the Season!

October 7, 2009

Our First Snow of the Season!

October 8, 2009

Friday's Quote

Oops - I guess it's Saturday - oh well!

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Willmar Area Arts Council

As a new member of the Willmar Area Arts Council I am in charge of organizing and helping put up solo artist shows at the Willmar Education and Arts Center gallery located at 611 5th St SW in Willmar, Minnesota. I have enjoyed viewing the artists' work and also visiting with them and getting to know more about them and their work. I would encourage anyone interested in art to go these solo shows. You'll learn interesting stories about artists through their work.

This morning I went and helped take down our Celebrate Art! Celebrate Coffee! art show that featured artist, Sharon Schuetze. She works in watercolor, oil, acrylic, and pastels. I then helped Joanne Carmody Meierhofer set up her show for the month of October. Joanne works in pastel and watercolor.

We have a great website that features our local artists and events:  Willmar area Arts Council.

Friday Quotes

This is one of the views from my porch.
I love the fog this time of year.

We got a call from my aunt and uncle this morning - the roof was leaking. They rent my husband's parent's home. So he got in the car and drove down to fix it. They sent him home with squash, tomatoes and, for me, a wall plaque that had the following saying on it:

God put me here to accomplish
a certain number of things; right now
I'm so far behind I will never die!

I love it!!!